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last updated:
March 2008
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Adeena Jan Mignogna
Point of Rocks, MD
adeena@mignogna.org
EDUCATION
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Completed 15 credits towards Professional Masters of Engineering
University of Maryland at College Park
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B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Astronomy received May 1997
University of Maryland at College Park
WORK HISTORY
Senior Engineer
GeoEye (formerly OrbImage) |
(12/04 - present)
Dulles, VA |
- Command and Control
Systems Lead for NextView satellite imaging program. Responsible for
the design, development, integration and test of systems used for planning
and tasking the imaging operations of the NextView spacecraft (GeoEye-1). Systems
include: Flight Dynamics, Collection Planning, Mission Operations Control
and Ground Terminals. Developed software performance requirements. Responsible
for interface engineering and management between existing and new systems.
Managed vender's technical performance against requirements and deliverables.
Led technical team for vendor source selection. Responsible for closure of technical
action items from design reviews and testing. Prepared material for system
level design reviews. Wrote and performed testing for internal and vendor
developed software systems for Factory Acceptance Tests, Site Acceptance Tests
and Integration & Test phase of program.
- Participating in
complete life-cycle, from requirements development through integration
and test.
- Responsible for development
and execution of End-To-End Tests with ground systems and spacecraft.
- Responsible for design and
development of system for customer image collection planning and overall management
of satellite resources.
- Wrote initial business
plan, secured business financing and lease for retail space.
- Developed complete
set of operational procedures to run store.
- Managing up to
9 employees at any given time.
- Responsible for
all advertising and marketing activities. Design marketing materials.
- Maintain website.
- Develop summer
camp programs.
- Train new employees.
Systems Engineer
AeroAstro, Inc |
(12/00 - 8/02)
Ashburn, VA |
- Lead Systems Engineer for the SPORT spacecraft. Participated in all
design activities and reviews. Led beginning of mission operations and
control center development. Coordinated team design and activities.
Participated in several proposal and conceptual design efforts.
- Lead Mechanical design for multiple radio transponder programs through
first phase of design. Responsible for the mechanical design and analysis
of all enclosures on these programs. Supporting mission analysis and
operations set-up for several new satellite programs. Developing positioning
algorithms using GPS data.
Flight Dynamics System Lead
Orbital Sciences Corporation |
(9/98 - 12/00)
Germantown, MD |
- Responsible for developing the Flight Dynamics System (FDS) as part
of the Ground Segment for the OrbView-3/4 satellites. This includes
using OASYS software to generate predictive ephemeris vectors and reports,
and JPL's GIPSY-OASIS for post-processed precision orbit determination
using GPS data.
- Developing GUI and interfaces in Tcl/tk and UNIX.
- Leading orbit analysis tasks including the development of an orbit
raising plan for Orbview-3.
- Writing procedures for using system and performing real-time nominal
and contingency activities.
- Managing sub-contract for propellant use optimization.
- Examined options for post-launch tracking support.
- Investigated the possibility of using Satellite Laser Ranging as
truth orbit knowledge.
S/W Engineer
Orbital Sciences Corporation |
(6/98 - 12/00)
Germantown, MD |
- Part of team to develop Mission Planning System (MPS) for OrbView-3
and -4 satellites.
- Writing Object-Oriented C++ for this system.
- Contributing to the development of detailed models in the MPS for
S/C subsystems: Attitude Control, Power
- Creating GUIs in Tcl/tk.
- Created initial demo of system (approximately 4000 lines of code)
in Tcl/tk.
- Examined existing software to use as a possible MPS - participated
in make/buy analysis.
- Developing Image Tasking System for the Warfighter Mobile Ground
Station using Object-Oriented C++, Tcl/tk and Satellite Tool Kit.
- Part of Mission Planning System development team for GALEX spacecraft
(includes responsibilities similar to above MPS and FDS systems for
OrbView).
Spacecraft Analyst
SMEX Flight Ops Team
AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation |
(6/97 - 6/98)
Goddard Spaceflight Center
Greenbelt, MD |
- Performed Command Controller (CC) and Spacecraft Analyst (SA) duties
for SMEX on-orbit missions FAST, SAMPEX, and TRACE.
- SA responsibilities included learning about all spacecraft subsystems.
- Responsible for data capture and health and safety of spacecrafts.
- Responsible for investigation and resolution of ground anomalies.
- Assisted with preparations for launch of TRACE and future launch
of SWAS.
- Worked with TPOCC and ITOS ground systems, CCSDS telemetry and command
standards and STOL procedural language.
- Trained new employees for CC certification.
Engineering Assistant
Space Physics Group, Dept. of Physics |
(2/97 - 6/97, 11/93 - 1/96)
University of Maryland, College Park |
- Part of mechanical design team for the Ultra Low Energy Isotope Spectrometer
(ULEIS) instrument on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) satellite.
- Produced 200+ manufacturing drawings in AutoCAD.
- Assisted in the assembly and testing of delicate space flight instrumentation.
- Maintained database reporting current instrument cost expenditures
and mass.
- 3D modeling in AutoCAD.
Research Assistant
Ion Beam Laboratory |
(1/96 - 8/96)
University of Maryland, College Park |
- Designed and built analog and digital circuitry to interface between
computer and experimental apparatus.
- Performed Ion Beam Deposition and UV Lithography.
Student Research
Dr. Paik's Gravitation Group, Dept. of Physics |
(9/94 - 1/95)
University of Maryland, College Park |
- Conducted a quantitative analysis of the practical limitations on
the design of massive mechanical resonators to be attached to a large
spherical antenna.
- Used ALGOR Finite Element Software package and gained familiarity
with analytical formula describing the resonant mode shapes and frequencies
of a sphere.
COMPUTER & PROGRAMMING SKILLS
Object-Oriented C++, C, FORTRAN, BASIC, Tcl/tk, AutoCAD (& misc.
3rd party software), Pro/ENGINEER, Satellite Took Kit (STK) (certified),
IS-OASYS, TeX, FoxPro, dbase, Mathematica, MathCAD, MatLab, ALGOR FEA
Software, AutoLISP, HTML, XML, CVS, Sed, Perl, PHP, MySQL, Windows, UNIX (Solaris,
others), DOS, and others
ACTIVITIES
- Member (2002-2007), Loudoun Chamber of Commerce
- Member (2002-2008), Contemporary Ceramics Studio Association
- President (94-96) & founding member - Maryland Students for the
Exploration and Development of Space (MSEDS)
- Society of Physics Students
- Maryland Amateur Radio Club, W3EAX - ham operator N3WLK
HOBBIES
writing fiction, writing non-fiction, building Lego robots, building
BEAM robots, piano, guitar, genealogy, beer brewing, digital photography
References available upon request.
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